as a Last Name
- 19,808
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Lanier
Meaning & Origins
French, Dutch, and English: occupational name for someone involved in the wool trade, from an agent derivative of Old French la(i)ne ‘wool’.
| 1,558th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 19,808
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Lanier per capita
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